Psychotic Symptoms in Complex Dissociative Disorders

Psychosis, Trauma and Dissociation: Emerging Perspectives on Severe Psychopathology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 165-175

  Şar, Vedat ^a   Öztürk, Erdinç ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute dissociative disorder with psychotic features (dissociative psychosis); Auditory hallucinations and alter personalities talking; Dissociative identity disorder (DID); DSM IV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994); Grossly disorganized behaviour; Hallucinations and delusions Schneiderian symptoms; Psychotic alter personality; Psychotic symptoms in complex dissociative disorders; Psychotic symptoms in dissociative disorders; SCID D (Structured Clinical Interview for DSM IV Dissociative Disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949310395     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470699652.ch12     Document Type: Chapter

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